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Apple plans to announce 21.5-inch iMac with 4K display by the end of October and begin shipping in November — Apple planning to bring 4K screen to 21.5-inch iMac in October — Apple is indeed planning to release a new version of its 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K display this fall, according to reliable sources.| Mozilla Future Releases: |
Mozilla rolls out first public preview of Firefox for iOS in New Zealand — Firefox for iOS Now Available for Preview — Today we are delighted to begin the roll out in New Zealand of our first public preview version of a Firefox browser for iOS. — Preview to collect feedback
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| Charles Armstrong / Google Lat Long: |
Google launches standalone Street View app with ability to post 360-degree photos to Maps — Introducing the new Street View app from Google Maps — For all the Street View fans out there: exploring the world just got even easier. Today we are introducing the new Street View app for Android and iOS …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Samsung Gear S2: slim round design, smart interaction model, makes it the most promising Samsung smartwatch so far — Samsung's Gear S2 is its best-looking smartwatch yet — Samsung and smartwatches have had a tenuous relationship. It's not for lack of trying …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Amazon buys video processing company Elemental Technologies, reportedly for $500M, will launch new AWS services — Amazon buys video processing company Elemental Technologies to bolster AWS — Public cloud provider Amazon Web Services today announced that it has acquired Elemental Technologies …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Docstoc to be discontinued December 1, two years after Intuit acquired the company for $50M+ — Intuit is killing its Slideshare competitor Docstoc on December 1 — Document-sharing service Docstoc is shutting its doors on December 1. The company advises users to download their public and private documents before then.
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Facebook tops App Annie's iOS all-time downloads chart, with Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp also in top 10, Pandora, Clash of Clans top grossing — Facebook tops App Annie's all-time iOS downloads chart, Pandora, Clash of Clans top grossing — A new report from app store analytics firm App Annie … | Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
SmartThings' new hub supports 200 sensors and switches, video monitoring, has 10 hour battery backup, goes on sale today for $99 — SmartThings' new hub uses Samsung cameras to monitor your home — SmartThings, the open-platform smart home company that sold itself to Samsung a year ago … | Julia Edwards / Reuters: |
The Department of Justice revises cellphone tracking rules, warrant now required in most cases; data from non-targeted phones to be deleted within 30 days — Justice Department tightens rules on cellphone tracking devices — Some federal agencies' use of devices that track cellphone locations … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Spotify updates privacy policy with clearer language after backlash — Spotify is overhauling its privacy policy today with plainer language that should be readable to the average human — not just lawyers. The streaming service found itself amid a furor last month after its users complained …
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Apple creates @AppStoreGames Twitter account curated by App Store editors, will include game previews, tips, and developer interviews — Apple Launches A New Twitter Feed Dedicated To Gaming — A precursor to the new game-friendly Apple TV expected next week?
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Acquires Organizational Analytics Service VoloMetrix — Microsoft today announced that it has acquired VoloMetrix, a service that specializes in analyzing organizational performance using anonymized data it gathers from across a company's corporate communications systems.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
AOL Confirms It Is Buying Millennial Media In $238M Deal To Expand In Mobile Ads — This just in: AOL, itself acquired by Verizon for $4.4 billion earlier this year, has announced that it is making another purchase of its own. It is buying Millennial Media as it continues to build …
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Facebook partners with Summit, a public K-12 charter school, to build a suite of personalized learning software that will eventually be free for any US school — Inside Facebook's plan to build a better school — Looking back, Mike Sego says, he was always meant to work in education.
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google to more than double the number of health conditions in search results from 400 to 900, add downloadable PDFs — Google To Double The Number Of Health Conditions In Search Results — Google announced they are more than doubling their health conditions database …
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Zillow to sell off its Market Leader business unit for $23M to Constellation Software's Perseus Division — Zillow Group to sell Market Leader for $23 million … In a deal that was widely anticipated, Zillow Group today announced plans to sell off its Market Leader business unit.
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| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Facebook's Parse unveils a catalog of new IoT SDKs for Intel, Broadcom, Texas Instruments, and Atmel to support more connected devices — Facebook's Parse expands Internet of Things reach with Intel, others — The department has undergone a few leadership changes — most recently losing founder and CEO Ilya Sukhar.
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